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Coconut Serving Spoon
Coconut Serving Spoon
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As we know, a healthy life and eco-life are more popular today. Coconut shell serving spoon/scoop spoon is your answer. This is made with care, by hand from coconut shells. You can decorate your beautiful dinner table with all natural products.
- Large Spoon Measures - 13-3/4" long x 3-1/8" wide
Handmade in the Philippines and Fair Trade imported.
Lolo Bobby is located in the Bagongbayan Bat Leyte Visayas Region of the Philippines; near the coast. The artisans include both men and women who have been with the company since its inception; nearly 10 years. The artisans comprise both family groups and individuals ranging between 25 and 55 years of age.
Lolo Bobby has grown to become the major source of income for these artisans, their families, and for the community. Some of the artisans work in the factory producing products, but others work in their homes; especially women who are caring for their children.
Lolo Bobby operates according to Fair Trade principles; encouraging their artisans to participate in decision making in the workplace with regards to production decisions, management, and pay issues. Their objective is to ensure the safety and productivity of their artisans by providing them with their needs, safe equipment, materials, and technical training. The company also provides shelter for some of the artisans who would not otherwise have it.
To help the environment, Lolo Bobby has been planting coconut trees which not only helps them to sustain production, but to protect the environment as well.
Purchasing these products is a great benefit to the artisans as this is their major source of income. Through selling these handcrafts they are able to give their children a good education and provide their families with their basic needs.
About the Artisans
About the Artisans
Ingrese a De Colores Art, una empresa local que nivela el campo de juego para los aldeanos al ofrecer capacitación gratuita a cualquiera que demuestre la iniciativa de aprender un oficio. La empresa emplea a 30 mujeres y 18 hombres para tejer y bordar productos textiles, con la opción de trabajar desde casa utilizando materiales proporcionados por la empresa. De Colores reconoce la cultura de sus empleados mayas, por lo que permite flexibilidad horaria y da tiempo libre para los días de siembra y cosecha.
De Colores también invierte en proyectos de educación comunitaria financiando dos escuelas locales en los pueblos vecinos de Chujupen y Pachoj y ofreciendo becas a estudiantes que califiquen.
Además de estimular la economía local mediante la creación de nuevos puestos de trabajo, De Colores hace un esfuerzo consciente por utilizar materiales reciclados siempre que sea posible. La razón de esto es doble: preservar la cultura maya, ya que los textiles reciclados muestran patrones de tejido tradicionales que no se ven a menudo en los textiles más nuevos, y reducir los desechos y el desperdicio.
Las comunidades colaboran en el proceso de producción, ya que los hombres trabajan en los textiles más grandes y las mujeres hacen el bordado, el crochet y el macramé que se ven en piezas más pequeñas. En algunos casos, para ser competitivos, se utilizan máquinas de coser para ensamblar el producto terminado, aunque todos los componentes están hechos a mano y bordados a mano en algodón, lana y/o seda.
